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AMERICANS DOLLAR
MUSTJAVE SOUL
POWER OF COUNTRY
e
United States Has Become Su- a
preme World Influence in '
Matters of Finance. ^
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 2 6.?National
bankers gathered here at the i
annual convention of the Americanin
Bankers' association were told to- t
night by John Skelton Williams, b
comptroller of the treasury that they M
could fulfill their duty to the world ^
in the great financial construction | P
following the European war only if 0
they "put the soul of the people in
the use and application of the dol- ^
lars." 8
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"We have outgrown responsibility ^
to our country and generation." said ^
M Williams. "We have become re*|n
sponsible to the whole world because (
u ? hav* become the supreme world j r
{po -^r especially in finance. It i.H,
fo- you. gentlemen, to determinej
whether these dollars of ours shall i .
prey :po*i our country and the world
with teeth and claws, or shall haveip
so ! 1 - put into them t?> upbuild." ,
The comptroller spoke before the >
national bank section, lie reviewed l.
the progress of banking under th-' s
te 1 ral reserve law. sketched the e
commanding position the Tnited.h
State- has taken in world flnanee. o
de la-ed that for the first time ti
An:"' ca had become distinctly a y
crediting nation, urged the bankers f
to t ike a more active Interest in pol-jo
it: - and warned them against the
danger of too great concentration of 'I
wealth at the expense of small enter-,*'
prises. w
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Much New Wealth.
t<
"I- it not hard fo grasp the thought ti
that this country of ours which in It]
l'?ej had already reached a pinnacle ii
tynong the nations, has since that tl
year doubled the volume of its busi-jti
ne-> in virtually all the great cities it
of the laud?" he asked. "If we tl
Ai.oui J divide the new wealth created |h
annually among all the men. women i "
and children engaged at work, they*|h
would have not far from $1,000 dol-|
lar- per year each. j fi
"Our bank deposit- at ihis time''1
'< : uge mat ir then; should be
withdrawn au amount of deposits
equal to the total present resources j**
fa the Hank of Kngland. the Hank ofjn
France, the Hank of Spain, the Hank J1
of the \? t bet-lands. the Hank of Nor-!'
way and the Hank ot Sweden. the Na-j'
tional Hank of Switzerland and the '
Imperial Hank of Japan all com- '
hi:: the deposits of ouur banks 1
would still be as great as they were
three years ago. j^
"If a balance would be struck to- j
?!aj t:..- probabilities are that we \
would ttnd ourselves, for the first
time in our history, a distinctly ered- f
11;txnation. We hold a mortgage t
on the world's physical assets. The ,
world holds a mortgage on our soul, \
it ou good will and broad nobility
of purpose.
Patriotic Americana have a riuht |
to gloat ov.-r such a showing with
swelling pride. Thoughtful American
v .11 tlnd fear that wealth may
l et .> us into rapacity and inequality
( ; <! uribution that will mean desi
ruct ion.
I.au of tiravitntion.
"The law of gravitation, as we
know applies in finance as in the
physical world. Huge actions of
value naturally draw to them - Ives
the lower masses." 1
H then urged the hankers not to
forget that "the most immediate an 1
vita! business duties which lie before
in i - I.tr. to the upbuilding of our
borne enterprises, especially the
small factories and mills and development
undertakings in the lesser
cities and towns and in our country
district* Those provide the surest
and safest foundation on which to
erect national wealth," he declared.
The comptroller paid tribute tcf
Secretary McAdoo. In summing up
the results achieved under the federal
reserve system. Mr. Williams
said rates for money had been lowered
and equalized, business of all
kinds placed on a stronger foundation
and bank failures greatly reel
u ced.
"It is certain that just before us.
a few months or two or three y< ars,"
he said, in conclusion, "a mighty
'ask is to he done to reorganize and ,
re-establish the nations of the ? arth. 1
We have the right to do it to our
own profits but it is our duty and our
opportunity for the word 'fair* goes
hand in hand with the word 'profit.'
"Let us have the great American
soul go in company with the great
American dollar." I
TP
E A Tjttt
r By H. (i. S
(jhieM>f Highway Kng
It will bwmiany years before the
arth road will be in the minority.
nd in many places it will neither be ol
conomical nor will the taxable reources
justify the construction of a
ligher type. w
The earth road has often been
uaintained by the most ignorant 11
uett. in fact, it has not been main- '
ained at all. It has been generally
ielieved that it would take care of P1
(self, requiring no work except, per- ni
iaps, the cutting away of bushes and a
lossibly shaping with a road ma- (>1
bine in the spring to give it better Ul
rainage to the side ditches. I a
now no other type that has been so
bused or has received the careless P'
nd inefficient maintenance to which a
he earth road has been subjected. r'
'here is no type upon which so
tuch money is being wasted as the 81
arth road, primarily through ignoatioe
and neglect.
I have seen instances where a soft
lace existed in a hollow badly un- al
erdrained. Year after year a large ci
mount of stone was hauled to this ^
lace and dumped on it. where it dis- %v
ppeared by the close of spring
revoltheless this procedure xvoiuld tn
e steadily adhered to every succes- *1
ive year until the stone finally form oi
d a compact mass. Hut the moisture 01
1 the earth made a mndhole at each st
nd, and the same performance had et
a he repeated at each end the next of
ear until a large quantity of stone
nally displaced the mud. This is os
xpensive road. w
Karth roads should be worked in ei
he early spring. If the roadbed is at
utted. in bad condition, and flat,'st
ithout the proper cross-section, it al
houhl he plowed from gutter to gut- w
ar, shaped with a road machine un- sr
1 has the proper cross-section, and
hen kept constantly dragged until ot
t is properly consolidated. Aftei V
he road has been given this at ten- tt
Ion. then with a little constant care, p;
can be kept in good condition until pi
no ireeztng and tnawinc are at ci
and, when it is necessary to die it V
P again just as soon as the frost 1?
?aves the ground. jc
In maintaining earth roads we < ?
nd that after the road lias been^d
roperlv shaped, the ditches opened, p
nd the road given the proper cross- h
potion, a patrolman with a split-log tn
rag can keep from live to eight
tiles in good condition for at least o
en months in the year. The pa- o
rolntan drags the road after each ,\
ain. when the earth is in a moist w
nd damp condition, and tints the a
oad is kept smooth and has the jt
iroper cross-section. A description it
d the method of making and using n
ueh a drag can be obtained without
harge from the 1*. S. Office of Pub-ljt
i?* Roads and Rural Kngiueering at tl
Vashington. lit
When t!ie road is dry and the stir- n
ace is in good condition, the pa-ti
rolman spends his time in opening I c
ip the gutters, tilling any small jc
v ashes that may occur in the shoul-jtl
CLOUMBIA MAN GAINS ]j
24 POUNDS ON T$0LAC :
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Atlantic Coast lane A arc! Fore- Sl
man (liven Remarkable
Results. I J1
HEALTH WAS RESTORED 11
\\
lad Been in Very Had Health fi
Over Two Years and Almost ?
Past (ioinj> For Four
Months. '
Though he had been almost con- s
tantly under treatment for four n
nonths, and intermittently during s
he previous two ye/irs, and though w
le had wasted awAy until he was J v
iardl> more than/skin and hones, n
md could hardly/ walk because of n
lis weakness. (1? (J. Anderson, ol t
too Whaley St./ yard foreman at
'olumbia for tha Atlantic t oast Line 11
tailway, gainetf 24\ pounds on seven f
mttles of Tanlsc ank was restored to n
;ood health, accord aig to the statenent
he recant fy gave in endorse- a
nent of "tlnf master medicine." His f
itatement fdllows: \ t
"I suffered from a greatly run r
lown and weakened condition. I n
lad been in very bad health for sev- a
ral years, and just before I began to n
ake Tanlac I had been continuously d
under medical treatment for four
nonths. I was told I had nervous s
ndigestion. I
"For almost two years I had been ^
to weak 1 could hardly work. I was *
lust skin and bones. I was in such
had health, and I scarcely ever ate
more than a few bites at a meal. I /
was in bad shape. One time. shoill> '
ROADS |
I i
htkley j i
ineors of Maryland.
ers. and if there are any spots In J
le road where the earth is soft and i
f such a nature that it will not bear \
le traffic, he digs it out and replaces L
with good material. In places t
here there are wet spots, owing to j t
tie lack of proper underdrainage,! i
ie patrolman digs them out and{(
lis them with stone or logs, making 1
Iinil drains. 1 have found by tirst ^
utting down a layer of field stone,
ext placing three logs so as to form j
kind of trough, and then fillihg in!
rer the logs with stone, an efficient,
nderdrain can be made to elminate
wet spot.
To maintain a mile of earth road :
roperly will cost from $40 to $1001
year, depending largely upon the I
laracter of soil upon which the road !
built as well as upon the amount t
id kind of traffic.
Convicts on West Virginia (toads
Forty-eight counties in West Vir-!
Inia employed convicts in building
nd repairing roads during the yearj
iding June, 1015. The Hon. A. I),
'illiams. director of the State High
ay Department of West Virginia,
is forwarded to the National remittee
on Prisons, pictures which)
low the remarkable accomplishment
these county prisoners. An hon*
prisoner is shown in one picture
anditig beside a wall that he
noted in Kanawha county at a cost
' only $1.15 per cubic yard.
The pictures also show a prison
imp half a mile below Kimball,
ith a portable jail in the centre!
s opening up a new quarry and ai
id a prisoner driving; also prisonretch
of country road two miles
love Welch along the Tug river
hich the prisoners cut through a
did cliff.
The National Committee on Pris-j
us has published some of the West
irginia road pictures in an illusated
pamphlet just issued. Thftj
imphlet takes up the various'
liases of prison work which the
immittee is carrying on. The West
ircinia road work is the result of
gislation prepared by the National
ommittee on Prisons and is suc ssful
because of the co-ordination
f the State Highway and prison deartnients,
which the committee I
olds essential to the light develop- I
lent of convict road ?nrk !
County Kngineer \V. G. Maclairenj
f McDowell county states that "out
t' the large number of prisoners in
IcDowell county which have been
orking upon the county roads only
small number have ever been in a
til a second term. Prior to workig
on the roads we had a number of:
epeaters."
When tlie idleness in most county j
lils is considered the importance of,
he West Virginia road work is real
ted, while the fact that the road
taking lonvicts are under State con
rol is a step towards bringing thej
ounty jails themselves under tln j
ontrol of the State prison author!-j
ies. Southern Good Uoads.
efore I lagan taking Tanlac. I was
nder treitment continuously for 1! 1 {
eeks .tiul steadily got worse. I just
ould not eat. and w hat little 1 din
tree down hurt me and caused me
a fet I puffed up and gave me a
evere pain in my chest. My nerves
ere very had, too. Really, I was
List about past going at all.
"1 had read about Tanlac, and
nallv I lost heart in the treatment 1
as undei and began taking Tanlac. j
"The rylief Tanlac gave me was as,
dlows; I took seven bottles and
allied 24 ifouaids. 1 picked up right
way and ad**'"1' a 'ot ?' strengtn.j
Vhen the soventh bottle wis gone I
as really a View man in health and
trength. 1 \lid not begin to feel
inch better/ until I had taken the
econd hottje (W Tanlac. but then I
ent up ri*ht a\ong in strength and
eight, s/ion I eating three big
neals a f,\y. so great an improvement
did/Tanlnc make in the condlion
of t^y stomach.
"I uurtt taking Tanlac in May and
feel tino now, and I have been a dif-'
erent man ever since Tanlar built
ae up.
"I am glad In recommend T.tnlac
nd to give you this endorsement,
or it may help others to tlnd a way i
o retrain their health. I sure ran
ecommend Tanlac highly, for I do
mt know of a better stomach remedy
nd I have spent many dollars for
nany kinds of stomach remedies that
lid me no good." ]
Tanlar, the master medicine, la
old exclusively by J. F. Markey.
Lancaster; Peoples Drug & Grocery
'o., Heath Springs; O. Floyd. \
Cershaw,?Adv. /
Piles Cur^d^n 6 to 14 Days
IkHir drugclut wil^Vefund money if PAZO
NTMHNT (nils ft eye any cane of Itching,
Tlind. Bleeding < jpii otr Nfinn file* in 6(014d?ya. ,
the fiiat application givAa Kaee and Rett. 90c.
EDAY, SEPT. 29, 1916
Mexico Will Need Automobiles. i yye j j +
When business again opens up In || ?
Mexico that country is expected to B,
offer an important market for automo- j
biles and motor trucks and delivery { fl
cars. It is now nearly four years since '
Mexico was eliminated aa a market
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If you feW "blu^," "no account," WEDDING IN
azy, you needs^a^ood cleaning out. . . *?/
IRRBINE Is thySlgbt thing for that e " 1 '
)uipose. It /tlmul^es the liver, NEAT
ones up the uomach arhi^pu rifles the
jowels. Priao 50c. Sold {tH. dealers 7~T*S
n medicine./?Adv. ICMvC ViO
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Sji^I I Cik Neglected coias get worse, Instead
of better. A stuffed head, a tight
chest must be relieved at once. Dr.
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remedy. Honey and glycerine heal
-J ! V/\ t,ie ,rrltated membrane, antiseptic
lni l OUT tar loosens the phlegm, you breathe
fVITATlON^. easier and your cold Is broken up.
IT11A1IU Pleasant to take. Dr. Bell's Plne1
DO a Tar-Honey Is an ideal remedy for
children as well as grown-ups. At
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torn made to your measure clothes
rent
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ire tailoring proposition for the Fall
iter of 1916-1 7 is different from the
How's, and the differences are all in
n.
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s duaranteed in every detail
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magW to explain our extra Pants '
$2.00S^dditional
i Pants !$^.00=$6.50 to $13.50
s values of the other fellow's
and look. Courteous treatment
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